Demand for 11.6 inch displays drops

October 2, 2009 3 Comments

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Second tier LCD makers were hoping that demand for 11.6 inch displays would be high, giving them a chance to compete with Samsung, LG Display and AU Optronics, who currently dominate the notebook and netbook panel market. They hoped that demand for 11-13 inch displays would propel them into the competition but it seems the demand for these size displays is actually dropping. Many netbook manufacturers appear to prefer the displays to be 10 inches or smaller. CULV notebooks were also to make use of these display sizes but, it appears many will actually be using displays of 13.3 to 15 inches. The shipment of 11-13 inch displays is expected to drop significantly.

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  • Nutz

    It’s not due to a lack of consumer demand, it’s due to the artifical constraints put on the netbook market by Intel. Intel only allows the netbook makers to use 10.1″ or smaller displays on Atom powered netbooks, otherwise they loose access to the best pricing for the Atom chips.

  • http://www.turkcellsanal.com kontor

    thanks…very nice

  • student

    That’s pretty lame. I needed a notebook to carry to and from school, but found that the 15 inch notebooks were just too large and cumbersome, but the horsepower offered by the 10” books invariably did not offer enough horsepower. I did have slight difficulty finding a match, but I found an 11.6inch Gateway one with an Athlon 64X2 dual core processor and 2GB ram, and that suited my needs pretty well. It’ll be a shame if students in the future cannot find this kind of flexibility in the future, due to silly constraints.


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